tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post8758883882287327864..comments2023-10-18T09:35:55.767+02:00Comments on LUDWIG'S ROHRSTOCK-PALAST: Pseudonyms and Alter EgosLudwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-427000536612941422010-09-07T13:39:04.141+02:002010-09-07T13:39:04.141+02:00Belated reply @ Ernest: I see, so it is *that* Ern...Belated reply @ Ernest: I see, so it is *that* Ernest you named yourself after. Good choice. I must confess that I am not familiar enough with Hemingway to know about the clues you speak of. Which is one more reason why I should finally read him and close that glaring gap in my literary education, I suppose.<br /><br />As a historian, I read lots of non-fiction books, so I have rarely had the time and energy to read as much fiction as I would want to. That is one of the reasons why I am a movie buff rather than a literature buff - movies take less time.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-79405568113970481542010-08-14T21:38:57.437+02:002010-08-14T21:38:57.437+02:00I don't read blogs as often as I would like, b...I don't read blogs as often as I would like, but wanted to put in my 2p on this one.<br /><br />My name (used for occasional blog comments and for a googlemail address to email spanking contacts) is that of a mainstream 20C novelist who (I believe) left sufficient clues in his works that we can guess he was one of us!<br /><br />Yes, I agree with you that ultimately any use of a separate name for a particular topic will tend to develop a separate persona, and be more than just a convenient name.<br /><br />Have fun with Leia - I once met her at a party, and shall look forward to reading about the belated repayment of your debt to Niki!<br /><br />ErnestErnesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974379782721547413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-18258832781699192272010-08-09T20:46:18.013+02:002010-08-09T20:46:18.013+02:00@ Ludwig:
I guess you're right, it's just...@ Ludwig:<br /><br />I guess you're right, it's just a matter of the definition one uses. If you define nickname as a pseudonym used for online-chats in order to protect one's privacy, "Kaelah" is definitely more than that. If you define nickname as a descriptive or a pet name telling something about the person who uses it or who has been given that name by others, then "Kaelah" isn't much more than a nickname.<br /><br />I think you mean that "Kaelah" is more than just a pseudonym used for the protection of my privacy when you say that it is more than a nickname. And I agree with you on that. What I mean when saying that "Kaelah" isn't much more than a nickname is that I haven't created an artificial character, that “Kaelah” is much closer to being just a descriptive name than to being a role play character.Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-7454438323513881892010-08-09T18:30:17.449+02:002010-08-09T18:30:17.449+02:00@ Kaelah: It is "just a nickname" in the...@ Kaelah: It is "just a nickname" in the sense that you don't really behave any differently when you appear "as Kaelah", such as when writing on the blog. But the idealisation and wish-making aspects I talked about are there, in my opinion. In that sense, I would argue, Kaelah is more than "just a nickname".<br /><br />I don't really disagree with what you wrote, perhaps I just have a different definition of what being "just a nickname" means.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-69555068707706594042010-07-27T20:17:52.516+02:002010-07-27T20:17:52.516+02:00(continued)
But I definitely wouldn't want to...(continued)<br /><br />But I definitely wouldn't want to write under my real name, even if the world would be perfectly BDSM-friendly. And that's not only because choosing a name that tells very much about my fantasies, desires and interests is so much fun or because a fantasy name is so much cooler. The main reason is that even if there weren't any negative consequences I wouldn't want everyone I meet for the first time to know about my intimate sexual desires. And besides, even in a world without any prejudices there would probably still be the same high number of idiots that we have today. I definitely wouldn't want to attract the attention some of them by writing about such an intimate topic if I knew that they could be standing at my front door any time! ;-)Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-34186221306887789002010-07-27T20:16:56.780+02:002010-07-27T20:16:56.780+02:00I agree with you, Ludwig, on your point that the n...I agree with you, Ludwig, on your point that the names we chose for our spanking persona tell a lot about ourselves and also about who we want to be. Still I'm not absolutely convinced that Kaelah is much more than a nickname.<br /><br />As you wrote correctly, I've chosen the name because I'm a trekkie and a geek, and I wanted others to know that about me right away. In addition to that I've got a crush for warriors and their principles, honour and bravery, which was the reason why I selected the name of a half-Klingon character. I don't only admire warriors and their bravery, I also wished I were like them and feeling like a brave warrior is something I especially seek from my spanking play, probably because I don't always feel strong and brave in real life.<br /><br />Using the name to describe my desire for bravery as being the Klingon part of my personality and my rather shy and rational personality streak as my human side was something that wasn't intended when I chose my name. If I remember it correctly, it just came up in the afternoon before our first play, when I tried to explain to you the ambiguous state of mind I was in. I suddenly remembered a certain Star Trek scene where another half-Klingon character, B'Elanna Torres, is split into two individuals, her Klingon and her human part. The human B'Elanna is angry on the Klingon part because of her impulsiveness, while the Klingon B'Elanna finds the human part too weak for her taste. So it turned out that the two parts of the character I named myself after provided a good way to describe the different voices that are usually in my head when I'm making decisions.<br /><br />But, does the fact that I'm using a name containing all that information make me behave differently as Kaelah? My point is, I would still be a geek and I would still long for bravery if I used a completely different name. Although I use a name that I consider being cool and that tells a lot about me and about who I would like to be, I still think that it is rather a nickname, because I don't feel or behave different when writing posts or going to a party as Kaelah. Naming myself after a Klingon warrior also doesn't make me feel stronger or braver. I guess that is because in that special context I don't want an artistic character; I want to be accepted as the person I really am and write about the things that really move me. Of course I'm behaving differently in the kinky environment than for example at work and of course I try be nice because I want people to like me, but I think I would also do that under my real name.<br /><br />It can for example be different when I use a certain character in spanking play, because then I might (not very often actually, I'm not a role player, but maybe sometimes) want to behave differently or even feel different than I would normally do. And it would definitely be different if I created a character for a pen and paper role-playing game like D&D because in a game like that I would really like to play a character that is different from my real persona. Concerning blogging the artistic aspect you've described comes into play when I'm posting pictures or writing fictional stories. Kaelah and the thoughts and real life accounts I write under the pseudonym – that's just me under a cooler name.<br /><br />(to be continued)Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-39139162552115890402010-07-21T23:54:38.905+02:002010-07-21T23:54:38.905+02:00I should add a thanks for the interesting stories ...I should add a thanks for the interesting stories I for one haven't heard before, about how the various folks you mentioned chose their noms de plume, as it were.Karl Friedrich Gausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01229774469243094801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-36101630440906956722010-07-21T23:52:42.402+02:002010-07-21T23:52:42.402+02:00Ludwig, I think you're right in your assessmen...Ludwig, I think you're right in your assessment that pseudonyms carry a meaning of their own -- that they're a means of expression for the self who at the same time is hiding behind them, and simultaneously revealing a whole other dimension of themselvesKarl Friedrich Gausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01229774469243094801noreply@blogger.com